First of all, the George W. Bush position is not “pro-life lite”; it’s not my 100% pro-life position, but I’m not going to toss aside a pro-life candidate that is superior on other issues (such as the right to bear arms) than the other candidate, and with far better experience, just because she gets an A- instead of an A+ on abortion.
Second, I’ve seen too many elections that seemed like sure things slip away, especially from candidates without experience winning tough races. And while Reid may be unable to recover and win the election, you never know whether the RATs will pull a Torricelli and bring in a different candidate (they already dumped Dodd in CT), and against a different Democrat (such as Titus or Berkley) it could be a far tougher election for us.
You seem to be a bit disingenuous about your real reasons for supporting a RINO and I don't know why you want conservatives to support this one. Pro-life groups seem to be rallying around Tarkanian yet you prefer to rally around pro-choice Lowden. Reid has not withdrawn and there's no inkling that he will. My support goes to Tarkanian until it can be shown to me why that's a mistake.